- The work of New York vs Bed Bugs has ended -- this site remains as an archive. We're making things simple and easier to maintain but we'll bring back the photographs our friends allowed us to use (perhaps you liked them too).
- Check out the innovative work of the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force
- HPD has streamlined the registration page for its online bed bug course and is now offering community classes for non-profits and tenant groups. More details here.
- Featured interview: Steven W. Smollens on landlord / tenant litigation history in Bedbug City
Category Archives: Cincinnati
“The best thing people can do is know what one looks like”
Take a look at this story from Covington, Kentucky about the Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky checking buses for bed bugs — TANK bus routes serve the Northern Kentucky suburbs of Cincinnati. It is an extremely candid piece: Exterminators said … Continue reading
Good on paper, poverty and silver bullets: not everyone thinks Cincinnati is all that
About that public conversation we are to have about the bed bug problems in our cities… There was an exchange today in comments that I want to share. It began testily. Rich (a PMP in Cincinnati): Cincinnati’s bed bug conference … Continue reading
Greater Cincinnati Survey: 14.5% of Cincinnati respondents (7.9%, Hamilton County) report a bed bug problem
If you’ve read the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Joint Bed But Task Force Strategic Plan, you know it contemplated three areas for statistical research: Research There is a critical need to evaluate the current level of infestation in Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky, … Continue reading
Cincinnati’s ambitious bed bug inspection program cancelled in budget crisis
The Cincinnati Enquirer today: [Vice Mayor David Crowley] tried unsuccessfully to restore more than $291,000 for the bedbug inspection program, proposed by the health department to deal with rising requests for help, and more than $114,000 for a climate protection … Continue reading
The Cincinnati/Hamilton County Strategic Plan: getting the basics right
What is most impressive about the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Joint Bed Bug Task Force Strategic Plan is the breadth and accuracy of the analysis. Continue reading
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Hamilton County Public Health’s Jeremy Hessel: “We’re all in this together”
The first thing you notice is the simple direction to call for help. Continue reading
The Cincinnati/Hamilton County Strategic Plan: the political frame
The statements of government and public health officials frame the issues and define the challenges and the terms of success and accountability. Continue reading
Coming soon…
In the next few days we’re going to take a very close look at the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Joint Bed Bug Task Force Strategic Plan. Continue reading
Cincinnati may be unable to keep up with the demand for bed bug inspections
At the June 24 Cincinnati Board of Health Meeting, Assistant Health Commissioner Dr. Camille Jones gave an update on the “bedbug issue” and the news wasn’t especially promising. Continue reading
Cincinnati’s upcoming bed bug conference!
The Cincinnati Department of Health is hosting a bed bug conference on August 14, a day-long conference, as part of a strategy to raise public awareness. Continue reading
